Scarlet Team wide receiver Corey Smith tries to elude Gray Team defensive back Ron Tanner during Ohio State's Spring Game April 12 at at Ohio Stadium.

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Paul Myerberg
USA Today

Things are getting complicated atop the Football Bowl Subdivision. What once was a foregone conclusion - that the Southeastern Conference ruled the roost - has become a two-horse race, thanks to the Pac-12 Conference's rapid growth since adding Utah and Colorado for the 2011 season.

The Pac-12 has made its case with numbers unmatched even by the SEC. The latter still leads when it comes to title contenders: Alabama, Auburn, LSU and the rest remain tough to overlook. However, where the Pac-12 leads is in wall-to-wall depth, beginning with Oregon and Stanford, rolling through UCLA and USC, ...